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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

  • 1894
  • 1m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)
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A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States... Read allA man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.

  • Director
    • William K.L. Dickson
  • Stars
    • Fred Ott
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    2.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • William K.L. Dickson
    • Stars
      • Fred Ott
    • 21User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Fred Ott
    Fred Ott
    • Self - Sneezing Man
    • Director
      • William K.L. Dickson
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    • Trivia
      First motion picture with a close-up.
    • Alternate versions
      An additional 36 frames, almost half to the copyrighted paper print we see today, had been published in Harper's Weekly the year they were taken. This means the complete film, not the surviving copyrighted paper print, is nearly twice the length of the original copyrighted version. So surviving copies of the Harpers Weekly magazine technically contain an alternate version of "The Sneeze"
    • Connections
      Edited into Women Who Made the Movies (1992)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • January 9, 1894 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, January 7, 1894
    • Filming locations
      • Edison Laboratories, West Orange, New Jersey, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Edison Manufacturing Company
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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